Over the past 30+ years, Rhode Island Primary Care Physician’s Corporation (RIPCPC) has grown to become the largest independent provider association of primary and pediatric care in the state, delivering exceptional care to over 200,000 Rhode Islanders. RIPCPC delivers support services that are essential to providing high quality, cost-effective medicine to patients, while also preserving community-based practices. In 2023, RIPCPC joined Akido Labs , becoming a key east coast hub for healthcare innovation within the Akido Care medical network.
Akido Care’s fast-growing medical network is known for its ability to integrate innovative technology into the healthcare infrastructure, relieving the frustrations felt by everyone involved in care delivery, from medical providers and their staff, to the patients and their families.
We're building a dynamic, diverse and driven team as we continue to grow and broaden our impact. We are seeking passionate people who care deeply about helping patients and communities. We hope you’ll join our team!
The Opportunity
RIPCMG is seeking an experienced Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) to serve as its Behavioral Health Lead. This is a working clinical leader role. About 80–85% of the week is direct patient care, The remaining 15–20% is spent leading the RIPCPC Integrated Behavioral Health team of LCSW and LICSW clinicians, running the behavioral health program day to day, and serving as the organization’s point person for behavioral health regulatory and payor contract matters.
The Behavioral Health Lead practices in two modes. The first is longitudinal care : carrying a panel of patients who need ongoing psychotherapy. The second is integrated behavioral health : working inside the primary care team through warm handoffs, same-day consults, brief interventions, and the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM). The right candidate is comfortable moving between a scheduled therapy hour and a hallway handoff in the same afternoon, and knows how to decide which patients belong in which model.
Although employed by RIPCMG, the Behavioral Health Lead works across both organizations: practicing in the medical group, supervising the IPA’s behavioral health clinicians, and making sure behavioral health services meet state requirements and the terms of each health plan contract. This person will shape how behavioral health is built into a growing organization: the workflows, the referral criteria, the measurement, the team, and the contracts that pay for it. It is a chance to build a program, not just join one.
What you’ll do
Carry a longitudinal panel of children, adolescents, and adults who need ongoing treatment, including diagnostic evaluation, treatment planning, and individual, family, and group psychotherapy using evidence-based approaches.
Deliver integrated behavioral health in the primary care setting: accept warm handoffs, provide same-day consults and brief interventions, and help primary care clinicians manage behavioral health needs within the visit.
Serve as behavioral health care manager for patients enrolled in Collaborative Care. Engage patients, administer validated measures (such as PHQ-9, GAD-7, and age-appropriate tools), track every patient in the registry, treat to target, and bring the caseload to weekly review with the psychiatric consultant.
Communicate psychiatric consultant recommendations to the treating primary care clinician and follow through on changes to the care plan.
Conduct suicide and safety risk assessments, develop safety plans, and coordinate with crisis resources such as BH Link, Kids’ Link RI, and mobile crisis services when needed.
Coordinate referrals to higher levels of care and community services, and move patients between longitudinal therapy, brief intervention, and Collaborative Care as their needs change.
Meet productivity expectations of [15-18] billable encounters per week plus an active Collaborative Care caseload of about [25–30] patients,…